Amphinomus (Ancient Greek: Ἀμφίνομος), son of King Nisus of Dulichium, is the most sympathetic of Penelope's suitors in Homer's Odyssey. He twice argues against murdering Telemachus, greets the disguised Odysseus kindly, and ignores the hero's warning to leave — then dies with the rest when Telemachus spears him in the hall.
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I.The prudent suitor
Amphinomus leads the large contingent of wooers from Dulichium and is said to please Penelope above the other suitors. When the company learns that Telemachus has returned, Amphinomus is first to see the ship in harbour; he then counsels the assembly not to murder the prince, for the gods frown on such deeds — though he continues to devour Odysseus' house with the rest.
When the beggar enters the hall, Amphinomus alone greets him kindly, setting bread before him and pledging him in a cup of gold. Odysseus answers with a warning to go home while there is still time; Amphinomus knows in his heart that the gods have marked him, yet Athena keeps him in the halls.
II.Death and variant tradition
In the mnesterophonia he is slain by a spear cast by Telemachus as he rushes forward — the only suitor Odysseus had tried to save with honest speech.
Apollodorus records a darker epilogue wholly opposed to Homer: that Penelope was seduced by Amphinomus and that Odysseus himself killed her on that account.